Yeah now I definitely know for sure the tranny is toast...I just pulled the pan off and drained the fluid...PURE black...it's all clutch material...even at the very bottom of the pan you could scrape up all the clutch material...the fluid looks as black as oil...normally i put in b+m trick shift which is BLUE...not black...comments are welcome...anybody have a clue as to what is going on inside my tranny? can i still drive it for a couple more days if i have to? i am limited to just 2 vehicles at the moment...